I recently listened to the song, Hallelujah, by Casting Crowns and was struck by the artistic weaving of hallelujah into the unfolding story of God from creation, to redemption, and His second coming. The word literally means, Praise you Jehovah (Hallelu Jah).
Hallelujah was in the first ray of light exploding the darkness and in the first heartbeat of humanity. It was the song the morning stars sang together, and the shout of angels.
From a vantage point 2000 years removed, I can’t comprehend a depth of mental anguish that sweats blood or the horrific brutality of the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus. But a quiet hallelujah issued from the drops of redeeming blood and wells up in my heart ravished by such unfathomable love. Praise you Jehovah.
Hallelujah echoed off the walls of the empty tomb and in the trembling hand of Thomas touching the scars of the risen Christ. It burned in the hearts of two men on the road to Emmaus and spills from the redeemed.
One day the trumpet will sound and every eye of the living and the dead, even those who pierced him, will see him. He will come riding on the clouds shining more brilliant than the sun. All the people over all the earth from Alaska to South Africa will see him and will fall on their faces. On that day, the feet of Jesus Christ will stand again on the Mount of Olives, and the mount will split it in two from east to west. Heaven will roar in mighty peals of hallelujah thunder for our Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Hallelu Jah!
Praise the Lord. (Hallelu Yah)
Praise God in his sanctuary;
Praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power;
Praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
Praise him with the harp and lyre,
Praise him with timbrel and dancing,
Praise him with the strings and pipe,
Praise him with the clash of cymbals,
Praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord. (Hallelu Yah)
Psalm 150
Take 5 minutes and 19 seconds to enter the hallelujah. Click Skip Ad, turn up the volume, feel the rhythm and flow of the story, and get caught up in HALLELU JAH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fORhnYILTSo